Ivory Bill

Debate between Baroness Vere of Norbiton and Lord Berkeley of Knighton

Monday 10th September 2018 Lords Chamber

[Lord Berkeley of Knighton (CB)]

My Lords, I wonder if I might add another sentence or two to what we have just heard and to what I spoke about at Second Reading. I reiterate that there are several hundred thousand bows for string instruments in the United Kingdom alone. They have ivory or mammoth faces weighing less than one or two grams. Some of these will be 200 years old—

[Baroness Vere of Norbiton]

We will be discussing musical instruments in the next group.